Here’s what CEOs have been telling their employees about AI:
Also CEOs:
See the blatant hypocrisy at play?
Either you fully embrace AI, or you don’t.
You can’t ask people to drop AI when it inconveniences you.
Even Anthropic, the company behind Claude, doesn’t want you to use AI during interviews.

CEOs trust AI to make their employees better. They don’t trust AI when potential hires perform better during interviews.
Organizations prefer candidates who make eye contact while sweating. Not the lazy, sad bums who waste their time by taking shortcuts with AI.
Companies want the best candidates who want it the most, not the best candidates who most effectively use AI.
Watching a candidate rawdog any random coding challenge you throw at them exposes determination like nothing else.
Removing AI out of the equation isn’t a question of competence, but one of motivation.
AI muddles the waters in the classical job interview power struggle.
Companies don’t want AI to make the struggle easier. They want you to sweat, wrestle and jump through their carefully constructed hoops.
Your struggle is proof you care. If AI lessens the struggle, leaders are scared you won’t be as invested.
The truly frightening part is they can’t tell your determination without watching you squirm.
You can’t ask people to not use AI, because they will. Asking people to not use AI is ridiculous. Especially if your company makes these AI tools.
You should assume everyone uses AI. If you believe forcing candidates to rawdog any problem you throw at them is the solution, then you’re part of the problem.
If your questions can’t discern candidates using AI from those who don’t, then you’re asking the wrong questions to begin with.
AI still sucks for most things, despite all the hype that tries to convince us otherwise.
If one day AI becomes better than us at almost everything, would it really matter if candidates use AI or not?
Nobody would care.
Because the default would instantly become AI, instead of the default of bullshit and mimetic signal we face today.
Ultimately it boils down to two things:
Companies don’t want to wade through bullshit
They want you to sweat, not the AI.
But once you’re hired, you’re free to wet the bed with AI workslop once again.
I’d rather discover the AI bedwetters before we hire them, so please do use AI!
I would not be that harsh. Although I agree to point into this direction and sometimes it helps to point stronger. What I have to object to though, is the notion that CEOs want employees to get better with Ai. If we talk average CEOs, they just want to reduce FTEs. Since focusing on the bottom line is when their leadership abilities are at peak levels :)